Friday misc.

An AP poll shows Kerry with a slim lead.

The Note has this Bob Novak quote:

When I reported in this column Sept. 20 that there is 'strong feeling' in the 'Bush administration policymaking apparatus' that 'U.S. troops must leave Iraq next year,' Republican politicians — most recently Bush-Cheney campaign manager Ken Mehlman — disagreed. But Don Rumsfeld has not contradicted me.

Hmm. -- That's from yesterday's issue (in the Politics of Iraq section), and the source is here. This rather depressing USAToday column also deals with the same issues.